One thing that we love about sports is the way that no matter how old we get, sports stay the same. Depending on where we are in our lives, we can be the athlete, the fan, the coach, or even the dad. This week’s Moonlighter has a perspective on wrestling from every angle. The former high school and D1 wrestler now wears the hats of coach and dad. Adam Fellers has seen it all and has a take on just about everything.
Read MoreMost of our Moonlighters come on the pod to share tales of the glory days. They relive the season or game that made their career. They can philosophize about the moments that made them love sports and the life lessons that the world of sports taught them. It isn’t often that we get a guy on the mic whose biggest accomplishments on the wrestling mat might still be in front of him.
Read MoreWinning is great. Winning a lot is impressive. Winning championships makes it so people know your name. But very few people reach a level of success such that their name becomes synonymous with dominance in a sport. Dan Gable is wrestling in Iowa. Gable’s name is so closely intertwined with wrestling that we often see grapplers named Gable; notably, #2 heavyweight Gable Stevenson of Minnesota looks to cap his dominant freshman season with a national title this week. In episode 101, Tim converses with a living legend of the sport.
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